"This is an SOS distress call from the mining ship Red Dwarf. The crew are dead, killed by a radiation leak. The only survivors were Dave Lister, who was in suspended animation during the disaster, and his pregnant cat who was safely sealed in the hold. Revived three million years later, Lister's only companions are a life form who evolved from his cat, and Arnold Rimmer, a hologram simulation of his dead bunk mate.

"On our journey back to Earth, we have encountered many strange and bizarre things. Only last month we came across a moon which was shaped exactly like Felicity Kendall's bottom. We flew around that one a couple of times."

The boys from the Dwarf are back and this time, they've brought a friend . . . .